The Carolina Summer Music Festival 2011

Jazz4kidz Takes the A Train : A Family Concert

James A. Gray Auditorium
Old Salem Visitor Center
Saturday, August 20, 2011
11 a.m.

Get ready to swing and scat to the music of Duke Ellington as the Carolina Summer Music Festival Kicks off Jazz Day with an introduction to the great music and swing of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Festival vocalist Martha Bassett joins narrator David Ford, host and producer of WFDD's "Triad Arts up Close."

Admission: $5

The program includes "Soda Fountain Rag," "Come Sunday," "Sophisticated Lady," "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)," "I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)," and "Mood Indigo," all composed by Duke ellington. Also included is "Take the 'A' Train", composed by Billy Strayhorn.

If you want to learn more about Duke Ellington, check out the wonderful book by Andrea and Brian Pinkney called Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and his Orchestra, a winner of the Correta Scott King Award and a Caldecott Honor book. You can also visit pbskids.org/jazz, where you'll find lots of information about Duke Ellington and other jazz greats.

Thanks to Norris Blackburn, Scott Carpenter, Rafa Ford, and Christini Tsoules-Doriano for their assistance with today's program.

The Artists

• Martha Bassett, vocalist
• David Ford, narrator
• Jacqui Carrasco, violin
• Federico Pivetta, piano
• Matt Kendrick, bass
• John Wilson, drums

Read more about . . .

• Duke Ellington
• Billy Strayhorn
  

* Programs subject to change.

The Carolina Summer Music Festival gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support of its sponsors as well as the financial and professional support received from the following organizations: